Emma Loffhagen @emmaloffhagen.bsky.social books writer at the guardian 💌emma.loffhagen.casual@theguardian.com
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Alex Lawless @lawlessyo.bsky.social A good time gal with a heart of gold
Knickerbocker/Podcasts/MLE+S
Eve Allin @eveallin.bsky.social born to be mild | theatre producer @ soho theatre & exec producer @ broccoli arts 🥦 she/her
Sophie Williams @fluorescentsoph.bsky.social 🏴 music journalist + broadcaster | social media coordinator @ green man festival | staff writer @ billboard uk | ex-nme new music queen
Anna Mears @annamearsy.bsky.social Head of Comms for Radio 4, 5 Live and BBC Sounds. Previously BBC Arts. Music industry survivor
Phoebe Sinclair @phoebesinclair.bsky.social Music and artist PR - Appetite Publicity
Cat expert
@tomcottonuk.bsky.social @tomcottonuk.bsky.social Commissioning at BBC Sounds. If Bob Mortimer is here, then so am I
Derek Robertson @derekrocks.bsky.social Writer & editor. ✍🏻 for @guardian, @Independent, @NME, @VICE, @theQuietus, @timeout, @TheFaceMagazine & more.
https://derekrobertson.journoportfolio.com
John Doran @jahduran.bsky.social Co-founder/Editor of theQuietus
Co-founder of Acid Horse
Writer/Editor
Anti-Fascist
Listen to Nurse With Wound
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Ryan Schreiber @ryanschreiberfm.bsky.social The artist formerly known as @ryanpitchfork
Author of WEIRD ERA (Dec 1 via @fsgbooks)
Resident DJ @thelotradio
Writing at ethernet.fm
THE LINE of BEST FIT @thelineofbestfit.com The UK's biggest new music discovery website | Follow our playlist for the best new music - bestf.it/discovery - and say hello AT thelineofbestfit.com
maura johnston @maura.bsky.social boston-based writer and journalism instructor at @bostoncollege.bsky.social who has probably been online longer than you. sign up for maura.ghost.io today.
Jude Rogers @juderogers.bsky.social Journalist on culture and news, author of The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives, radio programme maker, public arts project leader. Ten Sunday Spells for you every week on juderogers.substack.com
Martyn Young @martynyoung.bsky.social Music writer, podcaster etc etc etc, contributing editor Dork Magazine
Daniel Dylan Wray @danieldylanwray.bsky.social Write about music & culture & various things for various places, mainly the Guardian. Based in Sheffield. danieldylanwray@gmail.com
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/daniel-dylan-wray
Patrick Clarke @paddyclarke.bsky.social Deputy Editor and folk music columnist at The Quietus // my book Bedsit Land: The Strange Worlds Of Soft Cell is out now // cult classic, not best seller
Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social Journalism, constructive moaning, weird music, telly, LUFC, all the usual shit.
Simon Price @simonprice.bsky.social Biographer of The Cure & Manic Street Preachers
Music critic, ex-Independent/Melody Maker.
Podcaster with Chart Music
History Of Pop lecturer.
DJ at Spellbound
He/Him.
Welsh.
https://linktr.ee/simonprice
Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social Journalist, podcaster (Origin Story) and author (33 Revolutions Per Minute, The Ministry of Truth, Everything Must Go, Origin Story books). Anti-doomer despite everything. www.dorianlynskey.com
Huw Thomas @huwthom.bsky.social Writing, reading, music, travel. Making the same old mistakes in an exciting new location 
Robin Turner @robinturner.bsky.social Wrote books about The Chemical Brothers and Heavenly Recordings, does PR for some of rock and / or roll's finest, part owns The Social. Now writing weekly newsletters about life with and after a brain tumour: https://acloudablossom.substack.com/
John Earls @earlsjohn.bsky.social Music, Luton Town, journalism and getting away with it.
Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First 📖 Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner ⚒️🏳️🌈
Matthew Neale @matthewgneale.com For those of you just returning.
https://matthewgneale.com ✨ he/they
Matthew Horton @matthewhorton.com Top rollmo’ star. Writer. Media node. Author of the 33 1/3 on George Michael’s Faith. Arsenal. Running. Dartford.
https://matthewhorton.com
claire biddles @msclairebiddles.bsky.social “the glamorous node of glasgow” –grant morrison / writing about music + films @ the wire, the guardian, tribune, the quietus, little white lies, singles jukebox + / big opinions @ overinvested podcast / zines @ everywhere / https://clairebiddles.carrd.co/
Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social Writer, sub-editor, pizza-maker. The Guardian, MOJO, Loose Lips Sink Ships. Books. The good shit. steviechick.com
Michael Hann @michaelhann.bsky.social Writer for newspapers and magazines, sleevenotes etc. Two books: Denim and Leather, and The Gospel of the Hold Steady. QPR supporter, hoping always that change really is possible
Hannah Jane Parkinson @ladyhaja.bsky.social ✍🏻 Journalist: The Guardian, Observer, elsewhere
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🗣️Posting: politics, arts, mental health, media, ⚽️, 🏳️🌈
📧 Your emails can find me well at: hannah.jane.parkinson@theguardian.com
Tim Jonze @timjonze.bsky.social Guardian culture writer. Just trying to get through the day without cocking up, and drink as many hot drinks as possible in the process.
Max Pilley @maxpilley.bsky.social Freelance music journalist - NME, Guardian, Telegraph, Bandcamp Daily, Spin, DIY, more. Wrote a book about R.E.M.
Louis Staples @louisstaples.bsky.social Journalist: The Guardian, New York Times, NYMag, BBC, Vogue, GQ, Rolling Stone.
Rep'd by United Agents 📚
✉️: louis-staples@hotmail.com
Mark Savage @mrdiscopop.bsky.social BBC Music correspondent, occasional songwriter. Lady Gaga once told me a story about blueberry coffee that’s unprintable anywhere. 
Lou Thomas @londonlou.bsky.social BFI Digital Production Editor | ✍🏻 Sight and Sound, Empire, Time Out, NME and more | Member of London Critics’ Circle (Film section) | Q&A host | Spurs season-ticket holder (block 422) |
Ali Shutler @justdip.bsky.social Freelance culture writer. Music, gaming, film & tv. he/him
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Sophia Watkins @sophiassocials.bsky.social Senior journalist at BBC News. Author of the Media Toolkit for Journalists and Care Experienced People. TEDx speaker: What Makes a Life Newsworthy?
Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social Your Party MP for Coventry South 🌹
coventrysouth@parliament.uk
Promoted by Zarah Sultana at CWU South Midlands, Coventry, CV1 3EG
Big Issue @bigissue.com The UK’s number one street paper and social enterprise. 📰
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ben smoke @bencsmoke.bsky.social journalist. gobshite. chaos merchant. tree obsessive. not necessarily in that order.
bensmoke.com
Fiona Sturges @fionasturges.bsky.social Arts & culture journalist, interviewer, spouter of opinions. Brightonian.
✍🏻: Guardian, FT Weekend, i newspaper, Independent.
"Rampant feminist snowflake" - Piers Morgan
"Well known lunatic" - Man on the internet
Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social The UK's only trade union for musicians
A community 36,500 strong
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Mark Davyd @markdavyd.bsky.social Typicaltofueatingwokeliberatihumanrightslovingleftie. All posts reflect my personal views, especially that one you’re offended by. 
Gemma Samways @gemsam.bsky.social Bag for life. Words: Evening Standard, Guardian, Dazed, AnOther, Rolling Stone, Crack, L&Q. Commission me: glsamways@gmail.com | She/her
Laura Barton @ladymissbarton.bsky.social You can't start a fire worryin' about your little world falling apart
The Forty-Five @thefortyfive.bsky.social We're a music publication that celebrates female and non-binary artists. https://www.thefortyfive.com
𝔰𝔥𝔲𝔯𝔞 @shura.gg “i got too sad for my friends” out now ⚔️
https://linktr.ee/shura
kate solomon @katiesol.bsky.social freelance culture journalist
DIY @diymag.com Bringing music alive.
diymag.com / shop.diymag.com
jill mapes @jillmapes.bsky.social oh, ya know // co-everything, hearing things
Ellen Peirson-Hagger @ellencph.bsky.social Deputy books and arts editor, the Observer
ellencph.co.uk
Jenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social 🎓Music, Fandom & Internet Cultures Postdoctoral Researcher (Stanford University)
✍🏽Music Journalist (DIY, FortyFive, Guardian, NME etc.)
📌 https://jenessawilliams.substack.com
Emma Swann @emmaswann.com founder diy magazine. music photographer. 
Elizabeth Aubrey @aubreywrites.bsky.social Freelance arts & culture journalist / editor / lecturer.
Words: Guardian, GQ, IndieWire, MOJO, NME, Quietus, Radio Times, Record Collector, The Standard, Total Film & more.
www.elizabethaubrey.com
Peter Robinson @peterrobinson.bsky.social Working with popstars and music people as a BACP-registered integrative counsellor and on media training, artist development etc. Semi-ex-music journalist (Popjustice etc). Hello!
www.peterrobinson.net / www.peterrobinsontherapy.com
Emma Garland @emmaggarland.bsky.social music, sex & culture writer / editor.
first book TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF MAINSTREAM EMO (2000-2013) COMING 2026.
emmagarland.substack.com
emmaggarland.com
lucy ford 🍊 @lucyjford.bsky.social what the hell sure
writer & yapper for hire british gq, teen vogue, time, netflix tudum, nme┆daily host @ magic at the musicals┆ex-senior celeb gal at bauer media
💌 lucyfordwrites@gmail.com 
Music Venue Trust @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social UK registered charity which acts to protect, secure and improve Grassroots Music Venues.
https://linktr.ee/MusicVenueTrust
Paul Stokes @stokesie.bsky.social Filling in time between serious news items…
Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social Always in the Corner
mary anne hobbs @maryannehobbs.bsky.social wild horse..
BBC 6 Music Sunday 6-8pm
The 6 Mix Friday 11pm
https://www.instagram.com/maryannehobbs_
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social Labour MP for Nottingham East • Nottingham born and bred • she/her 🌹🏹🏳️🌈
Miranda Sawyer @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social Writer, broadcaster, host of @papercutsshow and other chatty bits, I HAVE A BOOK OUT! Uncommon People - Britpop and Beyond In 20 Songs here it is https://amzn.eu/d/g2WxjyS
Nina Corcoran @ninacorcoran.bsky.social just play the song, schneebly
📓 associate staff writer Pitchfork
🎙️ co-host Punk This Week
✏️ words at stereogum, npr, rolling stone, vulture, wired, etc. firstname.lastname@gmail.com
Tara Conlan @taraconlan.bsky.social Journalist writing about media for the Guardian & others since all this was just Gracie Fields. taraconlan.com
Little White Lies @lwlies.com Passionate about movies since 2005.
https://linktr.ee/lwlies
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Will Grant @williamggrant.bsky.social recent watcher of sex and the city 2
Ella Kemp @ellakemp.bsky.social Can't spell verklempt without Kemp. Editorial Lead (UK & Europe) @letterboxd.social | Photographer & broadcaster everywhere else | She/her
jenn pelly @jennpelly.bsky.social journalist, critic, diarist
author of The Raincoats (2017)
jennpelly.info
Popjustice @popjustice.bsky.social Where the skies are blue, this is what we’re gonna do.
The FADER @thefader.bsky.social Look ahead. Instagram: instagram.com/thefader
Mags & merch: shop.thefader.com
Lauren Kreisler @laurenkreisler.bsky.social Director of Brand @ Official Charts, fan of a mid-tempo banger, proud northerner.
Ninja Tune @ninjatunehq.bsky.social Independent record label created in 1990
#loverecordstores
https://ninjatune.lnk.to/bio
The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
GoldFlakePaint @goldflakepaint.bsky.social a music blog since 2010 / writing by tom:
https://goldflakepaint.ghost.io/
Huck Magazine @huckmag.com Sport • Music • Rebellion
Crack Magazine @crackmagazine.bsky.social Listening closely.
metacritic @metacritic.com Reviews & Scores from The Best Critics in Film, Music, TV and Games at http://Metacritic.com
Novara Media @novaramedia.com 📺 📰🎙🚩 People-powered media. https://linktr.ee/novaramedia
Craig Jenkins @craigsj.bsky.social Culture writer at Vulture / New York Magazine, dungeon crawler, Pulitzer nominee, things of that nature
https://www.vulture.com/author/craig-jenkins/
Felicity Martin @facilitymartin.bsky.social freelance writer | words in the independent, guardian, the face, dazed, cosmopolitan ✉️ felicitymfreelance (at) gmail.com. newsletter: https://saltfatacidhouse.substack.com/
Ellen E Jones @ellenejones.bsky.social Journalist and broadcaster (Guardian, Observer, Empire, Esquire, Elle etc) Author of 'SCREEN DEEP: How film and TV can solve racism and save the world'(Faber, 2024, linktr.ee/Screen_Deep); Co-host of SCREENSHOT on BBC Radio 4 and wherever you get your pods
Andrzej Łukowski @mrlukowski.bsky.social Polish Brummie, Time Out London theatre editor and kids person
Kathryn Bromwich @kathrynbromwich.bsky.social Journalist + author
https://kathrynbromwich.com
Sean | Drowned in Sound @drownedinsound.bsky.social Founder of Drowned in Sound (est. 2000).
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Kyle MacNeill @kylemacneill.bsky.social A claimed writer. Words for The Guardian, New York Times, THE FACE, VICE, Dazed, i-D, Time Out, Wall Street Journal, GQ, WIRED, Vogue, Huck, The Fence etcetera. Based in Manchester.
kylemacneillmusic@gmail.com
www.kyle-macneill.com
Rhys Buchanan @rhysbuchanan.bsky.social Sentric Music // Words for NME, DIY, LFC Matchday Programme, Liverpool Echo and more // ETC judge at Glastonbury Festival
Larry Day @larryday.bsky.social 
Gary Ryan @garyryanfreelance.bsky.social Freelance journalist. Words for NME, The Telegraph, Big Issue, and more.
NME ‘Does Rock N Roll Kill Braincells?’ columnist - https://www.nme.com/tag/does-rock-n-roll-kill-braincells
Cuttings: whatarew0rdsworth.wordpress.com
garyryanfreelance@gmail.com
New York Magazine @nymag.com This is New York: Intelligencer, The Cut, Vulture, Curbed, Grub Street, The Strategist.
Subscribe: http://nymag.com/subscribe
One Beat @onebeatpr.bsky.social Print & Online Music PR + Artist Management.
Sheffield / London.
https://onebeatpr.com
Emma Wilkes @emmabwilkes.bsky.social Curly music journo, proudly sponsored by caffeine / words in Guitar.com, Stereoboard, DIY, Kerrang!, Alternative Press, NME, Revolver, Ticketmaster etc. / she/her / emmabwilkes@gmail.com
Emily Chudy @emilychudy.bsky.social ✨ Journalist covering the LGBTQIA+ community
✍️ Big Issue, The Independent, Slate, Glamour Magazine, Byline Times, Cosmopolitan, LGBTQ+ Nation etc
📖 Repped by @blakefriedmann.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 she/her
linktr.ee/emilychudy
Rachael Healy @rachaelhealy.bsky.social Journalist/lapsed mackem | Features/reviews/investigations. Mostly on culture. Currently reporter @theobserveruk.bsky.social (plus bits in @theguardian.com) | British Journalism Awards winner 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rachael-healy
thomas hobbs @thobbsjourno.bsky.social culture writer for: guardian, telegraph, dazed, bbc, pow, stereogum, financial times, discogs, mixmag, billboard, bandcamp, lwl, wallpaper, spin, hyphen, new statesman, p4k, wired, time out, crack etc.
my work: https://www.clippings.me/users/thobbsjourno